Sentido y sensibilidad

by Jane Austen, Juan Bravo Castillo (Translator)

464 pages, Hardcover

Published June 18, 2025

About the author

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.

Reviews

[Chiara Patsias · Rating 4 out of 5]

obviamente me encantó pero la traducción no me gustó nada

[Iria Santos Pita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro maravilloso, de mis favoritos (lo he leído varias veces ya). Me conquista el estilo, para mí exquisito, con el que está escrito y que la historia aborda, de una forma honesta y profunda las diferentes dimensiones de las emociones humanas, haciendo al lector reflexionar sobre las mismas, a la vez que sobre el papel que ma sociedad y los diferentes roles incluyen en la forma que tenemos de percibir y expresar nuestros sentimientos. Hay muy pocos libros con los que haya disfrutado y aprendido tanto. Cuantas más veces lo leo, más me gusta. Una puerta al alma de las emociones. Un imprescindible sin duda.

[Cristina Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encanta esta historia, es preciosa, los personajes son maravillosos. Jane Austen, como siempre, hace magia con sus historias llenas de emotividad, muchísima sensibilidad y sus personajes femeninos son reales y están muy bien escritos.